| Timing of mortality among internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in Sri Lanka: cross sectional household survey. | |
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PMID: 16399768 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of mortality among internally displaced persons during two and a half months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, 2004. DESIGN: Cross sectional household survey with retrospective cohort analysis of mortality. SETTING: Camps for internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in an eastern coastal district of Sri Lanka. PARTICIPANTS: 3533 people from 859 households accommodated in 13 camps. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: All cause death and number of missing people. RESULTS: 446 deaths and 11 missing people were reported after the 2004 tsunami, of which most (99%) occurred on the day of the tsunami or within three days thereafter. No deaths were reported for the two and a half month period starting one week after the tsunami. CONCLUSIONS: Most mortality after the 2004 tsunami occurred within the first few days of the disaster and was low in the study area. |
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Nobuyuki Nishikiori; Tomoko Abe; Dehiwala G M Costa; Samath D Dharmaratne; Osamu Kunii; Kazuhiko Moji |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2006-01-06 |
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Title: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) Volume: 332 ISSN: 1756-1833 ISO Abbreviation: BMJ Publication Date: 2006 Feb |
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Created Date: 2006-02-10 Completed Date: 2006-02-16 Revised Date: 2012-03-06 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8900488 Medline TA: BMJ Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 334-5 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Research Center for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan. nobu@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp |
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Disasters
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statistics & numerical data* Epidemiologic Methods Humans Indian Ocean Mortality* Refugees / statistics & numerical data* Sri Lanka / epidemiology Time Factors |
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